Troops of the 4-Brigade Command, Nigeria Army in Benin have arrested and taken a Village head, Chief James Abamu and another suspect, Aboy Egah Abamu in connection with 862kg cannabis marketing.
The criminal suspects were arrested after a successful raid at Lagos camp Ilushi in Esan South East LGA, where the illicit drugs comprising 681kg skunk and 181kg cannabis seeds were recovered from them on Wednesday January 21.
Spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi said on Sunday in a statement that the suspects had been transferred to the Agency custody by soldiers of the Nigerian Army 4-Brigade, Benin.
Similarly, NDLEA arrested three drug suspects identified as Abba Hassan, Anas Moh’d Auwal and Sadik Ismail in Sabon Gari area of Kano on Tuesday 20th January 2026.
Babafemi said the suspects were caught with 1,000 ampoules of pentazocine injection, the duo of Olajumoke Ridwan and Baruwa Ibukun were nabbed at Paris lounge, Ring road, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Their lids were blown open on Thursday 22nd January with 181.5 litres of skuchies, a mixture skunk and other illicit substances recovered from them, NDELA said.
NDLEA operatives attached to Borno State Command on Wednesday 21st January intercepted 179,590 pills of tramadol and diazepam in another raid as part of efforts to disrupt the supply chain of hard drugs by barons.
The consignments were concealed in sacks of charcoal and animal feeds in a public transport car coming from Potiskum, Yobe. A follow-up operation at Bulabulin, Maiduguri led to the arrest of the owner, Rabiu Imam, 32.
A female suspect Mrs. Eze Cynthia Chioma was on Friday 23rd January arrested in Mokwa, Niger state in a follow up operation by NDLEA operatives.
This followed the seizure of her consignment of 78,500 pills of tramadol same day at Bode Saadu, Kwara State in a truck coming from Lagos.
Her husband currently remanded in prison and facing trial was arrested for the same drug trafficking offence last year, NDLEA said.
Elsewhere un Ekiti State, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 24th January arrested 72-year-old Afolalu Joseph at his 15 Aramoko road, Mushin, Ilawe-Ekiti and Abu Bunmi (alias Go Slow), 45, at New Jerusalem area, Erijinyan road, Ilawe-Ekiti for illicit drug dealing.
A total of 62 kilograms of skunk were recovered from the duo by NDLEA.
In Benue State, a female suspect Janet Iornongu was arrested at Yes Ikyuan village, Guma LGA with 210kg skunk.
The agency said a total of 254.5kg of same psychoactive substance was seized from Anita Job along Abaji -Toto road, FCT on Thursday 22nd January.
Besides, another 39,800 pills of tramadol 225mg were also recovered from two suspects: Hamisu Misbahu and Chima Obi at Alaba Rago, Mile 2 area of Lagos on Monday 19th January 2026 by NDLEA.
Nice one NDLEA.
Good job
Say no to hard drugs.